By: Diane Benjamin
This is a video clip from the 7/21/26 Normal Township meeting. Krystle Able is reporting on the ARC, including a failed fire inspection. She mentions “Colin” is fixing things and installing new cameras:
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I submitted a FOIA for how much Colin has been paid this year and his full name:
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This is the now deleted Facebook picture of the happy couple:
Krystle had posted they were high school sweethearts who reconnected after she won election.
I wonder if this is the same Colin Stokes who never paid the fines assessed when he pled guilty to theft in 2010. Why hasn’t the County tried to collect? If this is the same guy he’s got money now!
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Media likely doesn’t care if Krystle is enriching herself and friends with taxpayer money.
Taxpayers might care however.
Well done – follow the money in and the money out. 50 years ago this approach was called “local laundering”. Today it’s more like “connecting the dots”.
Socialists are experts at picking the pockets of tax payers for personal gain. It’s called skimming. They are able to justify it because of their devotion to getting even with people that have more than they do. They frame it as their civic duty. Other people’s wealth is illegitimate. There is a direct correlation between the amount of government control and the level of self enrichment that socialist leaders accumulate.
Are Able’s grubby little hands already busy?
Just remember, Krystle is still working two full time jobs, 40 hours a week for both, one as a union lobbyist masquerading as a seniors advocacy group, and her township job.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/371767607/202641639349300404/full
She said she was going to cut back her hours for the lobbying group, which is headquartered in Chicago BTW, in this WGLT article last November. But she still finished the year doing 40 hours a week? If she cut it back, the hours would have been reduced to 38, 35, etc, on their filings. This indicates she did not. Eager to see how her hours and presumably her salary changes for the union lobbying group next year. Does she drive up to Chicago often to their headquarters to meet with the board of directors, all of whom are labor bosses?
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-05/normal-township-supervisor-draws-two-paychecks
Krystle Able should just go by the name: “Krystle Fable” because it is pure fiction that she is working (2) 40-hour a week jobs, PLUS she has time for a boyfriend – GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!
Seems as though the high school boyfriend should have been turned over to Collections for the past due balance on the Theft charges….. Seriously, between the two of them, why hasn’t this balance been paid off?
Hey- just looking for an honest view from those on the far right. For the sake of transparency, Im an independent that honestly dislikes both parties. My views lean left on social issues and center, center-right economically. It came out that Truth Social is charging $100,000 for early access to Trumps (and others but let’s be honest, its about access to his) tweets. That info would be insanely profitable for prediction and other markets. So, has found a way to directly profit off of his own speech, as he owns Truth Social. It also seems questionable in terms of not giving all Americans equal access to his speech (it’s akin to a politican blocking constituents on social media). Im honestly shocked that there hasn’t been more outrage by people on the right. If Obama or Biden tried such a scheme they’d be all over it. I cant think of anything a president has done thst is more gritty. Just curious for your take. You seem like someone who is good about calling out corruption, grift, and government malfeasance.
First I’ve heard of it
Can you please look into it. I’m genuinely curious about your take on it. I wonder if the lack of outrage is just a lack of coverage. Each side of the aisle tends to not cover things that makes their own side look bad.
Notice this is a local site?
I know. And I live in town. Just wanting your take on this. To me, it boils down to whether a president’s own company should be allowed to make money from preferential access to information that the president is providing in his official capacity? If he were to say, “We’re putting a 50% tariff on country x tomorrow,” investors and financial institutions could use that info to make a ton of money if they got it early.
Check numerous sites and put details together. Some media never tell the truth.
In regards to what? Im confused.
@ Thoughts? Please stop derailing every discussion with your latest Trump infatuation. Use your own blog if you must.
Friends helping friends. Collectivism at its finest.
There is no need for him to pay back a collections agency, as he can just get large paydays from the Township instead of needing a better credit score.
A good question for Krystle is if she is against victims of violent crimes and advocating for children, since she hired a person who refuses to pay the amounts owed to those funds. It would be extremely easy for the township to withhold that money from one of his many taxpayer-funded paydays and make those funds whol.
Arin’s looks sum up how we all feel.